Shoondhisa

The Dambi Uddo drying station, high up in the hills of Shakiso, Guji, buys cherry from roughly 100 small-holder farmers.  While the norm in Latin America is for farmers to own many hectares with thousands of coffee trees, in Ethiopia, most growers are small landholders often harvesting coffee in their gardens, alongside crops for personal/family consumption.  All of the cherry that is delivered to Dambi Uddo is fully organic.  The cherry is separated by sub-kebele upon delivery.  This lot is from the Shoondhisa sub-kebele within the Suke Quto kebele.

The cherries are all dried on raised beds at an elevation of 2173 masl for around 15-20 days in very thin layers. They are moved and rotated frequently to ensure even and precise drying. The net resultsof all this effort is a natural that presents high florality and acid with very little booziness.

 *Roasts Tuesday, Ships the following day.